Cricket 1910

37 ° CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. S e p t . x , 1 9 1 0 . this connection Hill, when interviewed by Mr. Pullin for the Yorkshire Evening Post , recalled that “ The practice of the players giving the bowler a shilling each for the hat-trick, still in vogue, was carried out then, and I can remember a little school-boy running up to me on the field, and, giving me half-a-crown, be said, “ Dad has sent you that for your hat-trick.” Another reminiscence, taken from the same article, is too good to be missed. It relates to Buttress, the famous, but ever-thirsty, Cambridge bowler. “ Buttress, who was very fond of a pint of beer, was once playing in a North v. South match at Lord’s. He had to go in last. When wanted, he could not be found, and he was finally discovered perched in a tree on the ground. When asked if he knew it was his turn to bat, he calmly replied. “ What’s the use of me going in ? If I hit them I shall be ou t; if I miss them I shall be out. Let’s start the next innings.” In 1876-7 Hill visited Australia as a member of Lillywhite’s team, and in tbe course of the trip took 113 wickets, all but three of the matches, however, being against odds. It was during that tour that England and Australia first met on even terms—at Melbourne, in March —and Hill always spoke most highly of Charles Bannerman’s innings of 165 not out, saying that he had never seen finer batting—a very great compliment indeed seeing that he had witnessed many of “ W.G.’s ” best innings when the Champion was in his prime. Among Hill’s most noteworthy bowling performences in great matches were the following :— W . R. 8 for 73. Year. 13 , 48. ,116. 9. 11. 14. A n England X I. v. Cam bridge University, at Cam bridge N orth v. South, at Prince’s ............ A ll England Eleven v. XIV. of O xford U niversity, at O xford Yorkshire v. U .S.E .E .,at Bradford (U .S.E .E ., set 66 to w in, were got out for 39. “ W .G .” (15) alone m ade double-figures.) 11. Y orks, v. Lancs., at Manchester 9. England v. X X II. of South Australia, at Adelaide ............ England v. N ew South Wales, at Sydney ........................................... Yorkshire v. Surrey, at H ull 9 b ) Yorkshire v. Derbyshire, at 25c) Sheffield ... ... ................ 11. Yorks, v. I Zingari, at Scarboro’ 18. Yorkshire v. M.C.C.&G., at L ord’s 8 . Yorkshire v. M iddlesex, at L ord’s b signifies 2 nd inns., and c both. In the N orth v. South m atch at Tunbridge W ells in 1875 he opened the bow ling for the form er and in his first over dism issed “ W .G .” w ith the first ball, Cliarlwood w ith the second and G. F. Grace w ith the fourth. On his first appearance in the G entlem en v. Players m atch—at the Oval in 1874-h e took nine w ickets for 150 runs and in the ten m atches wherein he bow led against the Gentlem en betw een 1874 and 1882 obtained forty at a cost of 21-25 runs each. In Yorkshire m atches his yearly records w ere as u n d er:— 1874 1874 1874 1874 1874 1876-7 1876-7 1879 1879 1880 1881 1881 Mchcs. Balls. Runs. W kts. Avei*. 1871. 3 ... 603 . .. 201 ... 19 ... 10-53 1872. 10 ... 1,529 ... 564 ... 32 .. . 17-62 1873. 12 ... 2,910 ... 993 ... 82 .. . 12-10 1874. 8 ... 1,853 ... 657 ... 60 .. . 10 95 1875. 13 ... 3,433 ... 1,072 ... 81 .. . 13-23 1876. 12 ... 2,215 ... 705 ... 62 .. . 11-37 1877. 12 ... 1,288 ... 464 ... 27 .. . 17*18 1878. 18 ... 2,020 ... 636 ... 48 .. . 13-25 1879. 7 ... 814 ... 198 ... 29 .. . 6-82 1880. 14 ... 1,647 ... 643 ... 43 .. . 14-95 1881. 7 ... 1,081 ... 340 ... 36 .. . 9-44 1882. 18 ... 1,803 ... 561 ... 30 .. . 18-70 1883. 2 ... 499 .. 117 ... 14 .. . 8-35 Totals.. 136 563 12*70 21,695 ... 7,151 In the same m atches he scored 1,786 runs w ith an average of 8 79. For Yorkshire against Surrey at the Oval in 18S0 he did the hat trick. On five occasions he and E m m ett bowled unchanged through both com pleted innings of a m atch for Yorkshire—tw ice against Surrey and Lancashire and once against N otts—and he also perform ed the same feat for the County w ith Ulyett, Arm itage and Peate. In July, 1884, Hill was given the Yorkshire v. Lancashire match at Sheffield for his benefit, but it yielded him only £876 15s. 7d. Ten years before he and Pinder had been given the proceeds of the game between the United Norih and the United South at Wel­ lingborough in consideration of their illness during the early part of the season. BUCKS v. DEVONSH IRE. Played at H igh W ycom be on August 10 and 11 and w on b y Devon b y nine w ickets. Score and analysis:— B u c k s . First innings. G. n . Boddy, b Christian... 48 T. R . K ent, b W reford ... 55 E. A. Shaw, c Coates, b Sturt ...................................... 4 Orton, c Coates, b Sturt ... 5 N. D. C. Ross, b Christian 19 W right, c Cruwys, b Chris­ tian ...................................... 5 W. F. Low ndes, b Christian 1 A. W. Keen, c Cruwys, b W reford .............................. 2 Page, not out ..................... 3 P. L. Frith, c Garratt, b W reford ............................. 0 Vickerstaffe, b Christian ... 7 Byes, &c.........................12 Total ...........161 D e v o n . Second innings. b Christian............39 b Christian............ 5 c and b Sturt ... 0 c Davies, b Chris­ tian ..................... 9 b W re fo rd ............ 3 c Shelley, b Sturt 2 cChristian,bSturt 11 noto\it.....................19 b Christian ... 0 c K night, b Chris­ tian .....................14 b Christian ... 8 Byes, &c. ... 5 T otal............115 J. F. Shelley, b Page... 49 F. H. Carroll, b Frith 2 J. F. Orchard, b Frith 4 R. K night, b W right... 20 W . F. Sturt, b Frith... 63 R. G. Cruwys, lbw , b Vickerstaffe ............ M ajor L. C. Garrett, b Vickerstaffe ............ 3 24 Davies, c and b Frith F. R. Coates, b V ick­ erstaffe .................... Capt.W. F. Christian, run out ..................... W. W reford, n ot ou t... Byes, &c................... Total ..184 Second in n in g s: Shelley, b K ent, 40; Orchard, not out, 41 ; Knight, n ot out, 5 ; byes, &c., 8 . Total (1 w kt), 94. B u ck s . Christian W reford .. Sturt K night .., Coates First innings. O. M. R. W. 28*2 3 71 5 29 13 37 3 .. 12 3 18 2 ., 2 0 18 0 . 1 0 5 0 . Sccond inning/?. O. M. R . W. ... 21-2 6 59 6 ... 18 6 28 1 ... 5 1 15 3 1 8 0 Christian bow led tw o no-balls and Sturt one. D e v o n . Keen Frith ... Vickerstaffe Page W right ... F irst innings. O. M. R . W. ............ 111 46 0 . ......... 102 39 4 .. 12-4 1 31 3 .. 12 2 21 1 .. 17 4 43 1 .. Second innings. O. 4 5 2 2 5 M. R. W. 0 28 0 0 16 0 0 12 0 0 6 0 4-3 0 19 Vickerstaffe bow led three no-balls and Frith one, and Keen a wide. GEORGE LEW IN & Co., (E sta b lish e d 1869.) 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N orfolk................... . 10 6 2 0 50 36 72 00 S u ffo lk ..................... 8 5 1 0 40 28 70-00 Yorkshire II. . 9 4 2 0 45 26 57-77 N orthum berland.., 8 4 1 0 40 23 57-50 Staffordshire 12 6 1 0 60 33 55’00 Lincolnshire . 10 3 2 0 50 21 42-00 D urham ............ 10 4 0 0 50 20 40-00 N otts II.................... 9 2 2 0 45 16 35 55 Bedfordshire . 8 2 0 0 40 10 25-00 Cheshire ............, 10 0 4 0 50 12 24-00 Cam bridgeshire.. . 8 0 0 0 40 0 — Yorkshire II. v. N otts II. at W akefield was abandoned on account o f rain. SOUTH AN D WEST. Berkshire ............ 10 9 0 0 50 45 90-00 G lam organshire..,. 10 9 0 0 50 45 90-00 M onm outhshire..., 8 5 1 0 40 28 70-00 Surrey II.................., 10 5 2 1 45 31 68 - 8 S Carm arthenshire.., 8 3 0 0 40 15 37-50 H ertfordshire ... 8 3 0 0 40 15 37-50 Devon ...................., 10 2 2 1 45 16 35-55 D o r s e t .................... 10 • 2 1 0 60 13 26-C0 Cornwall ............ 8 2 0 0 40 10 25 00 W iltshire ............ 10 1 2 0 50 11 22-00 Buckingham shire 8 0 0 0 40 0 — Five points for a w in, three points for a m atch decided on the first innings, draw n m atches— i.e. , m atches in w hich no result on the first innings is attained—ignored. Berkshire have a better batting average than Glamorgan, and therefore play in the final m atch this week, against N orfolk. STAFFO RD SH IRE v. DURH AM . Played at Stoke on A ugust 10 and 11 and won by Staffordshire by four w ickets. Score and analysis :— S t a f f o r d s h ir e . First innings. P. Briggs, lbw , b Harrison 66 H ollow ood, c Brooks, b M orris...................................... 2 E. H. Bourne, b Thackeray 0 Barnes, c Mole, b Thackeray 24 H. D. Stratton, b B ew ick ... 4 Nichols, lbw, b Harrison ... 1 Vost, b Morris .....................34 L. F. Taylor, not o u t ............35 Bucknell, b Thackeray ... 0 Deyes, b T h a ck era y ............ 4 W. J. Haynes, b Thackeray 0 Byes, &c........................ 7 Second innings, b Thackeray ... 0 b Thackeray b Thackeray not ou t............ b Hendren .. not ou t............ c Thackeray, Bew ick ... b Thackeray Byes, &c. ... 21 ... 0 ... 11 ... 11 ... 21 b ... 10 ... 15 Total .......... .177 Total (6 wkts) 94 D u r h a m . First innings. C. Brooks, b B a rn e s............ 0 Hendren, c and b Barnes 18 C. Pickersgill, b Barnes ... 0 Harrison, st H aynes, b Barnes ............................. 3 A. P. Ashley, not out ... 27 A. E. Walker, b V ost............ 7 J. Bew ick, c H ollow ood, b Barnes ............................. 0 W. Mole, c and b Barnes ... 0 T. Coulson, b B arnes............ 7 Morris, b Barnes..................... 5 Thackeray, run out ............ 1 Byes, &c. ... ............ 5 Second innings. run out ............16 run out ............36 run ou t ............ 21 c Taylor, b Buck­ nell ..................... 22 b Barnes ............22 lbw , b Barnes ... 21 not o u t ...................39 c H ollow ood, b Barnes ............ 0 c Briggs, b Barnes 9 b Deyes ............ 0 b Barnes ............ 2 Byes, &c. ... 8 Total ... ............73 S t a f f o r d s h ir e . Total ..196 First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. It. W. Morris ... .... 15 2 53 2 ... ... 8 3 17 0 Thackeray .... 20 5 51 5 ... ... 21 3 42 4 Bew ick ... ... 15 3 36 1 .. ... 5-2 2 14 1 Harrison .. 10 3 3) 2 ... Hendren !!! 8 1 16 1 D u r h a m . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Barnes ... ..,. 16 6 30 8 ... ... 21-5 8 61 5 Deyes ... .. 6 0 22 0 ... ... 16 5 38 1 V ost................. .. 10 3 16 1 ... ... 10 1 43 0 Bucknell ... 8 2 26 1 N ichols ... ... 8 3 17 0 Bourne ... ... 1 0 3 0 Barnes bowled one no-ball,